Description for Kaempferia galanga (Violet)

These are rhizomes in actual and the plant's thick rounded leaves lay flat on the ground. Flowering may last over a two month. The inflorescence is composed of 4 to 12, white tubular flowers. The plants go dormant in winter.

Planting and care

It is a plant of the moister tropics with a distinct dry season, it prefers a humid climate and a minimum temperature that seldom falls below about 18 degrees C.
Prefers a position in the shade. It generally prefers a position in partial shade, growing best in a moist, well-drained, fertile, humus-rich soil.

Sunlight: Dappled sun, Partial sunlight

Soil: Fertile well-drained soil

Water: Medium

Temperature: 18 to 24 degrees C

Fertilizer: Prefer an organic fertilizer

Caring for Kaempferia galanga

Water fairly dry during winter.

Water often for other stages of a plant life.

Wait for planting until your soil is warm.

Harvesting

Not defined

Typical uses of Kaempferia galanga

Special features: Edible

Culinary use: The plant is used as an herb in cooking in Thai cuisine. Dried or fresh rhizomes are used in Asian cuisine as a spice as they are aromatic.